Millimeter-wave frequency tripling based on four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2460-2462

  Wang, Qing ^a   Rideout, Howard ^a   Zeng, Fei ^a   Yao, Jianping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Four wave mixing (FWM); Microwave photonics; Microwave signal source; Optical phase locked loop (OPLL); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PHOTONICS;

MICROWAVE SIGNAL SOURCE; OPTICAL PHASE-LOCKED LOOP (OPLL); TWO PHASE-CORRELATED OPTICAL WAVELENGTHS;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33947205105     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.886826     Document Type: Article

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